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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2022/04/03

Where is value?

Oscar Wilde said a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Whether or not a cynic is well-served by the definition is less of interest to me than the overall discussion of value and what things might be worth. Two of our Lectionary texts this Sunday specifically address […]

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2020/03/15

Thirsty?

Thirst is one of those things we can all relate to. Everyone has been thirsty at some point in their life. Water is something we are all familiar with. The Lectionary texts for this Sunday have a couple of stories about water and thirst. In the Old Testament lesson, the Israelite people complain about the […]

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